Album · 1989
Passion: Music for the Last Temptation of Christ
Passion: Music for the Last Temptation of Christ is a 1989 electronic album by Peter Gabriel. It runs 21 tracks across 67 minutes.
Electronic · Ambient · Art Rock
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- 79 /100
- 9 critics
- 21
- Tracks
- 67 min
- Runtime
- 115 bpm
- Tempo
- E major
- Key
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9 publications
- The Philadelphia Inquirer4/4
- Record Collector5/5
- Entertainment WeeklyB+
- Rolling Stone4/5
- AllMusic4/5
- Chicago Tribune3/4
- The Rolling Stone Album Guide3.5/5
- NME6/10
- Los Angeles Times3/5
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About
Passion (re-released as Passion: Music for The Last Temptation of Christ) is an album released in 1989 by the English singer-songwriter Peter Gabriel. It was the first Peter Gabriel album to be released on Real World Records. It is his second soundtrack and eighth album overall. It was originally composed as the soundtrack album for the film The Last Temptation of Christ, but Gabriel spent several months after the film's release further developing the music, finally releasing it as a full-fledged album instead of a movie soundtrack. It is seen as a landmark in the popularisation of world music, and won a Grammy Award for Best New Age Album in 1990. It was remastered with most of Gabriel's catalogue in 2002.
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As the soundtrack for the film, Gabriel used the resources of the organization he founded, WOMAD, to bring together musicians from the Middle East, Africa, Europe and South Asia. He worked with them to create music meant to enhance the mood of the film, but also added a modern ambient musical touch to the original pieces, producing a musical work that has influenced many musicians in the years since its release. Passion introduced many listeners to such artists as Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Youssou N'Dour, L. Shankar, and Baaba Maal.
In brief
- When was Passion: Music for the Last Temptation of Christ released?
- Passion: Music for the Last Temptation of Christ was released in 1989.
- How many tracks are on Passion: Music for the Last Temptation of Christ?
- Passion: Music for the Last Temptation of Christ has 21 tracks, with a runtime of 67 minutes.
- What genre is Passion: Music for the Last Temptation of Christ?
- Passion: Music for the Last Temptation of Christ is catalogued under Electronic, Ambient, Art Rock.
- What BPM is Passion: Music for the Last Temptation of Christ?
- Passion: Music for the Last Temptation of Christ runs at a median tempo of 115 BPM across its tracks, most often in E major, measured from audio analysis.
- What albums are similar to Passion: Music for the Last Temptation of Christ?
- Listeners of Passion: Music for the Last Temptation of Christ also rate Selling England by the Pound by Genesis, Low by David Bowie, Disintegration by The Cure.
Passion: Music for the Last Temptation of Christ at a glance
- Labels
- Geffen Records, Real World Records
- Recorded at
- Real World Studios
- Produced by
- Peter Gabriel
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